SPECIAL EVENT
Sinéad White soprano (TORONTO)
Victoria Baroque
Marco Vitale harpsichord and direction
EMSI’s Christmas concert is always the musical highlight of the season. This year, one of Canada’s most exciting sopranos joins Victoria Baroque for a festive programme of seasonal music from around Europe, including familiar carols and seldom-heard masterpieces.
Lively, sensitive, and stylish. – Times Colonist
Tickets $41; 10% discount for seniors & members; youth and students FREE at the door.
Programme
Gaetano Maria Schiassi (1698-c.1754):
Concerto Pastorale per il natale di nostro Di Signor Jesu Op.1 No.12 in D
Adagio, Allegro, Largo, Andante
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1727):
Christmas Cantata O di Betlemme altera povertà venturosa! (Excerpts)
Recitativo “O di Betlemme altera povertà venturosa!”
Aria “Dal ben seno d’una stella”
Recitativo “Fortunati pastori giacchè v’è dato in sorte”
Aria Pastorale “Tocco la prima sorte a voi, pastori”
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Aria “Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen” from Advent Cantata BWV 36
Melchior Schildt (1592-1677):
Sacred Concerto Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein
Christian Geist (1640-1711):
Sacred Concerto So schön leuchtet die Morgenstern
Intermission
Michel Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Symphonies de Noels
“Un jeune pucelle”; Symphonie; “Ou s’en vont ces gays Bergers” & double; Ritournelle’ “Une jeune pucelle” & double; “Or nouse dites Marie”; “Joseph est bien Marie”; “A minuit fut fait un Reveil”; “Joseph est bien Marie” & double; “Vous qui desiré sans fin” & double; Carillon
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Aria “Rejoice” from Messiah
CAROLS
“Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” (16th century German, arr. Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
“Sweet was the Song” (sixteenth-century English)
“While Shepherds Watched” (after Christopher Tye c.1500-73, arr. Richar Alison, fl. 1592-1606)
“In Dulci Jubilo” (13th century German, arr. Praetorius)
Musicians:
Sinéad White, soprano
Marco Vitale, harpsichord/director
Victoria Baroque:
Christi Meyers, violin
Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith violin
Caroline Nicolas, cello
Soile Stratkauskas, flute
Katrina Russell, bassoon
